Translation

Translation is becoming increasingly automated. Machine translation (MT) allows for startups of practically any size to easily translate documents. But MT isn’t as simple as copying and pasting a document into a translation window—the human touch is needed to deliver the best results.

Technology has made translation easier than ever before. But automated machine translations lack the nuance and cultural understanding startups require to be successful internationally. Finding skilled human translators isn’t difficult, but the difference in quality between translation agencies can be vast.

Every cliché has some truth to it. “You get what you pay for,” is often the case for translation rates. While it’s tempting to choose the cheapest translators, there are always costs to saving money. Here are some tips to save your business from cheap translations and prevent sunk costs.

When a company looks to cut costs, the translation department is one of the first to take a hit. While companies may be doing this out of pure economic sensibility, going for the cheapest translation prices can have serious, more egregious costs down the line.

Expanding into a new international market is always complicated. It’s even more complicated when that market uses a different language. Utilize our five tips to make perfect document translation a much simpler project.

“Nice set of hooters you got there!” This is a quote from Dumb & Dumber. If you haven’t seen the movie (he’s referring to owls), this line could be offensive. This demonstrates how context is everything, and a lack of context can cause trouble, including translation problems.

Should translating English content into Chinese cost more than translating it into Liki? Which costs more to translate: blogs or technical manuals? What services are included in a price quote? We answer these questions and more in our look at how a quotation for translation services is calculated.